“We are by nature observers, and thereby learners. That is our permanent state.”

“There are no fixtures in nature. The universe is fluid and volatile. Permanence is but a word of degrees. Our globe seen by God is a transparent law, not a mass of facts. The law dissolves the fact and holds it fluid.”

“Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.”

“That which we persist on doing becomes easier, not that the nature of the task has changed , but our ability to do has increased.”

“That which we persist in doing becomes easier to do, not that the nature of the thing has changed, but our power to do so is increased.”

“The ruin or blank, that we see when we look at nature is in our own eye...Love is as much its demand, as perception. Indeed neither can be perfect without the other.”

“Another sort of false prayers are our regrets. Discontent is the way of self-reliance: it is infirmity of will. Regret calamities, if you can thereby help the sufferer; if not, attend your own work, and already the evil begins to be repaired.”